Are you curious about what a career as a bioinformatics technician is like? In this virtual career simulation, explore how bioinformatics technicians prepare, process, and visualize biological data to support analysis and interpretation. About this scenario: This simulation features fictional characters, a fictional company, and an imagined project. The dataset, however, is based on 2 real-world datasets that have been adapted for teaching purposes. You can explore the datasets that informed this simulation in the references below.
Cao, L., Huang, C., Zhou, D. C., Hu, Y., Lih, T. M., Savage, S. R., ... & Zhao, G. (2021). Proteogenomic characterization of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Cell, 184(19), 5031–5052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.08.023 Sinclair, J., & Timms, J. F. (2011). Quantitative profiling of serum samples using TMT protein labelling, fractionation and LC–MS/MS. Methods, 54(4), 361–369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2011.03.004